The New Jersey Devils added five more players to the league’s COVID Protocol List on Tuesday, taking the organization’s total number to 14 players.
Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt, Damon Severson, Ty Smith and Matt Tennyson were the five players added, while Mackenzie Blackwood was taken off the protocol list Tuesday.
All told, the team’s list now consists of the following players: Jesper Bratt, Connor Carrick, Aaron Dell, Jack Hughes, Andreas Johnsson, Janne Kuokkanen, Michael McLeod, Kyle Palmieri, Damon Severson, Ty Smith, Matt Tennyson, Sami Vatanen, Pavel Zacha and Travis Zajac.
On Monday, the league announced the Devils would not play any games until Feb. 6 at the earliest, with the club’s number of players on the protocol list at 10 at that time.
The NHL has postponed a number of games recently as a result of numerous players being put on the COVID Protocol List. On Tuesday, it was announced that the Buffalo Sabres would not play any games until Feb. 8 at the earliest, after facing the Devils in a back-to-back on Saturday and Sunday.
Two Sabres players, Taylor Hall and Rasmus Ristolainen, were subsequently added to the protocol list as well.
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